CBSE Class 8 English Improvement of Sentences MCQs

In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d). Hence, the correct option is ( a).

Question. It became clear that the strangers were heading into a serious disaster.
(a) along
(b) towards
(c) on
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. Twenty km are not a great distance in these days of fast moving vehicles.
(a) is not a great distance
(b) are not too great a distance
(c) aren’t proving a great distance
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. I adapted a new method to solve the problem.
(a) I have been adopted
(b) I adopted
(c) I was adapted
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book,I won as a prize.
(a) I had won as a prize
(b) I have won as prize
(c) I had to win as a prize
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
(a) to bear upon
(b) to bear with
(c) to bear away
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. The more they earn, more they spend on luxury items.
(a) more they should spend
(b) the more they spend
(c) the more they ought to spend
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. You have come here with a view to insult me.
(a) to insulting me
(b) of insulting me
(c) for insulting me
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. A little rail-road engine was employed by a station yard for doing small pieces of work.
(a) was made by a station yard
(b) was used at the station yard
(c) was employed at the station yard
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. From an aesthetic point of view, the painting did not appeal to me.
(a) From the viewpoint of aesthetics, the painting did not appeal to me
(b) The painting had no aesthetic appeal to me
(c) From an aesthetic point of view, the painting had a little appeal to me
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. The child tossed in bed burning with fever.
(a) The child in bed, burning with fever tossed
(b) The child burning with fever, tossed in bed
(c) The child burning in bed tossed with fever
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

In the following questions, a sentence / part of the sentence printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Question. He reached the village just when the sun was setting.
(a) When just the sun was setting, he reached the village.
(b) When the sun was setting he just reached the village.
(c) He just reached the village when the sun was setting.
(d) No improvement.
Answer : D

Question. He evaded to pay income tax.
(a) from paying
(b) against paying
(c) paying
(d) No improvement.
Answer : C

Question. The gypsies had left the village a few days ago.
(a) have left
(b) would have left
(c) left
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. When we bought the house, we could tell that it was a large, new, compact, tinted house.
(a) it was a new, large and compact house
(b) It was as new, large and as tinted
(c) it was a new, large, compact and tinted house
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. Migrant workers can be seen working on many of the building places in New Delhi.
(a) sites
(b) premises
(c) locations
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. ‘Indian English’ has come of age and has been accepted as a legitimate category the world over.
(a) literate
(b) local
(c) illegal
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. If they were knowing about the crabs, they would not have decided to picnic there.
(a) had known
(b) knew
(c) did know
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. A shrewd man could only see through the trick.
(a) Only a shrewd man could see the trick through.
(b) Only a shrewd man could see through the trick.
(c) Through the trick a shrewd man could only see.
(d) No improvement.
Answer : D

Question. As soon as I reached my house,I opened my cupboard.
(a) I reached my house as soon as I opened my cupboard.
(b) As soon as I opened my cupboard I reached my house.
(c) No sooner had I reached my house that I opened my cupboard.
(d) No improvement.
Answer : B

Question. Your success for hard work depends on your ability.
(a) Your success depends on your ability for hard working.
(b) Your success depends on your ability of hard work.
(c) Your success depends on your ability for hard work.
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d).

Question. He may have grown taller when I last saw him.
(a) from when I last saw him
(b) since I last saw him
(c) before I last saw him
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. While crossing the highway, a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.
(a) away
(b) up
(c) down
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. We are looking forward to see you tomorrow.
(a) looking forward towards seeing
(b) looking forward for seeing
(c) looking forward to seeing
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. The clients are waiting outside since morning and will continue to wait until you meet them.
(a) have waited
(b) have been waiting
(c) were waiting
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.
(a) hell bent on getting
(b) hell bent for getting
(c) hell bent upon getting
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.
(a) touch upon
(b) touch in
(c) touch of
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. They could not tell me why did he not eat his lunch.
(a) why not had he eaten
(b) why he did not eat
(c) why had he not eaten
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. He who will bid the highest will get the product.
(a) who bids the highest
(b) who the highest bids
(c) who would bid the highest
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. If he had time he will call you.
(a) would have
(b) would have had
(c) has
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. John had told me that he hasn’t done it yet.
(a) told
(b) tells
(c) was telling
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Question. They left the hotel by car where they had been staying.
(a) They left the hotel where they had been staying, by car.
(b) They left where they were staying in a hotel by car.
(c) In a car they left where they were staying in a hotel.
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?
(a) lend me a little rupees
(b) borrow me a few rupees
(c) lend me a few rupees
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
(a) was sitting
(b) sat
(c) have been sitting
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. He could not look anything in the dark room.
(a) look at
(b) see
(c) see through
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.
(a) perpetuate
(b) perpetrate
(c) precipitate
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. Anyone who would speak with authority on the poets of the Renaissance must have a broad acquaintance with the writers of classical antiquity.
(a) Anyone who will speak
(b) If one would speak
(c) Anyone desirous for speaking
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. He found a wooden broken chair in the room,
(a) wooden and broken chair
(b) broken wooden chair
(c) broken and wooden chair
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. The starving and crawling people in the television programme looked more like beasts than tiring creatures.
(a) posed
(b) resembled
(c) seemed
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
(a) that he bought yesterday.
(b) which he had bought yesterday.
(c) that he has bought yesterday.
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. Having only a few hours left, she wondered as she would finish the assignment
(a) that if
(b) whether
(c) that
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d).

Question. It has been raining since morning.
(a) from
(b) for
(c) during
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. I am neither a poet nor philosopher.
(a) not philosopher
(b) nor the philosopher
(c) nor a philosopher
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. He was hung for murder.
(a) hang
(b) hanged
(c) hanging
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Question. New hires in this laboratory should anticipate excellent research opportunities and getting valuable clinical, experience.
(a) as well as
(b) and also getting
(c) and obtaining
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. It is more better to take this route than the other one.
(a) good
(b) better
(c) more good
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. She is absent; she must be sick again.
(a) She is absent; she has been sick again
(b) She is absent: she is sick again
(c) She is absent; she must have been sick again
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. Jackie has already gone to the airport she will meet us at the check-in-counter.
(a) gone to the airport and Jackie will meet us
(b) gone to the airport and she will meet us
(c) gone to the airport she ought to meet us
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. The place at which the two roads meet, you will And a small log cabin.
(a) Where the two roads meet
(b) At the place where the two roads meet
(c) The place where the two roads meet
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. The vivid photos of majestic animals and colourful birds from the wildlife park is a graphic depiction of what is beautiful in the continent of Africa.
(a) is a graphic depiction of what was beautiful in
(b) are graphic depictions of what is beautiful in
(c) is a beautiful and graphic depiction of
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. Although I was initially apprehensive,I found the eating of snails to be a rather pleasant experience.
(a) I ate the pleasant snail’s experience
(b) I found the snails experienced
(c) I found it to be a more pleasant experience
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. The man ate an apple, an orange, and washed his hands.
(a) an apple and an orange, and washed his hands
(b) an apple, an orange, washed his hands
(c) an apple, an orange and his washed hands
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. After we ate a spectacular ninecourse dinner, three television shows were watched by us.
(a) we were watching three television shows
(b) we engaged in the watching of three shows
(c) we watched three television shows
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. The Blue Whale, weighing more than 150 tons, the largest known animal on Earth.
(a) weighing more than 150 tons, it is
(b) weighing more than 150 tons, is the
(c) which weighs more than 150 tons, being the
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Question. The disparity of the GDP between the rich and the poor has broadened in the last some decades.
(a) have widened in the last some decades
(b) has widened in the last few decades
(c) have broadened in the last few decades
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. How, is beyond my understanding, the boy could fall into the ditch.
(a) How the boy could fall into the ditch is beyond my understanding.
(b) Beyond my understanding is how the boy could fall into the ditch.
(c) How could the boy fall into the ditch is beyond my understanding.
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. The pioneer spacecraft went beyond Pluto.
(a) made its way past
(b) went across
(c) went after
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. The firm buys frozen seafood in bulk, packs it into smaller pouches and then they sell them to the local grocery stores.
(a) it sells them
(b) sell them
(c) they sell the pouches
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. The learners are intended to read the sources at home.
(a) are meant
(b) are suggested
(c) are expected
(d) No improvement
Answer : C

Question. Fuji’s invention of super computer will be enable to make Japan supersede America in computer technology.
(a) will make Japan
(b) will enable Japan
(c) can make Japan
(d) No improvement
Answer : B

Question. I could never repay the debt I owe to my place of study.
(a) Alma Mater
(b) Motherland
(c) Place of worship
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. She cries all the time.
(a) mostly every time
(b) day in and day out
(c) pretty frequently
(d) No improvement
Answer : D

Question. For a week last month, the team’s 20 players were stranded because the Government-issued passport is not up to international standards.
(a) Government-issued passports were not up to international standards
(b) Government-issued passports are not up to international standards
(c) the passports issued by the government were not up to international standards
(d) No improvement
Answer : A

Question. Since July 2008, our customers will be able to use the ATM network of BBY Bank, the bank that was acquired by us during that year.
(a) have been able to use
(b) were using
(c) will have been able to use
(d) No improvement
Answer : A